The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, August 11, 1980 Page: 2 of 12
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Page 2-ALLEN AMERICAN - Monday, August 11, 1980
The Allen American
opinions
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College is not
only road
to success
BUDDY CAMPER
Editor & Publisher
PAT CAMPER
Assistant Publisher
SHARON JONES
Bookkeeper
SHERRY JOHNSON
Assistant Editor
SHERYL STONE
Advertising counselor
JEANNE FORD
Advertising Manager
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EARLIS KOCH
Composition Manager
The
Consumer
Alert
by MARK WHITE
Attorney General
class matter. Subscriptions $9.00 yearly In Collin County. $14.00 elsewhere. Single copies 25
cents. . .......
Member Texas Press Association, North and East Texas Press Association and National
Hotline answers questions about the Allen area. If you
have a question write The Allen American at P.O. Box 27,
Allen, Texas 75002 or call 727—3352.
session, shows the same model
standing straight with head up
and shoulders back wearing a flat-
tering swimsuit or other attrac-
tive garment.
PBe sure any contract you sign
contains no blanks, and that it
puts in writing all the promises
the salesperson made to you. Our
attorneys say this is especially
important regarding assurances
made to your orally that “you can
quit whenever you want and get a
prorated amount of your money
back.” Look for that in the con-
tract. If it’s not there, ask that it
be written in before you sign.
to see if you like it. But be careful
if you’re asked to sign an applica-
tion or short term agreement.
Some people have found out later
that what they signed was a long-
term binding contract. Read
everything before signing!
- Realize that those “before
and after” photos are usually not
what they seem. The “before”
often shows a model slumped,
looking sad, and wearing clothes
that are too tight.
The “after” shot, which is
generally taken at the same photo
So often we answer the phone and someone asks to put in a birthday
announcement and picture and ask “how much?”
Many big city people express real amazement when the answer is
“no charge, our pleasure.”
That’s just one of the many things which haven’t changed around
The Allen American.
We still print birth announcements, birthdays, weddings and club
news, complete with pictures if you have them. So let us know when
you have something special going on.
We want to know.
It’s clean-out time at The Allen American as we get ready for our
busy fall season.
We have lots of unclaimed pictures in our office that people have
asked to put in the paper.
We save them and would like to for you to have them back if you
want them.
Please come by between 8:30 and 5 p.m. on the weekday if you have a
picture you would like to pick up.
They are too precious to throw away.
Kathleen Cleveland is someone you might say works behind
the scenes. Her job is in domestics at Wal-Mart.
“I do all the ordering for 3 derartments: rugs, drapes and
curtains and bedding,” she explains.
she is also responsible for checking prices and department
numbers as merchandise is stocked, setting up displays and ac-
tually stocking the merchandise.
In addition to her job at Wal-Mart, Kathleen and her
daughter, Norma Lea, help in the nursery at the First Baptist
Church in Allen.
Kathleen has lived in Allen for 3 years. She has 3 daughters
and 4 grandchildren.
She is one who believes in the customer. “I’ve been here
since they opened in October of 1978 and my number one
priority is still to help the customer,” she adds.
Yours truly,
Jan Harris,
Lucas
Praise for
Kip's korner
Dear Editor:
What a pleasant surprise to
open The American and discover
Kip’s Korner.
For many years I have been a
fan of Kip Currens—both the
writer and the man. I know that
the Allen-Lovejoy area is in for
another treat to be found on the
editor’s page.
Production Manager Operations Manager
Published every Monday and Thursday. Entered at the Post Office, Allen, Texas, 75002 as second
American graffiti
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swimsuits, and it may mean a “pay as you go” plan, if possible,
physical fitness program for per-
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QUESTION: The other day Main Street was blocked by a
train for 42 minutes. What would happen if there was a
fire or the police were needed on the east side of town?
ANSWER: According to Police Chief Richard Carroll,
the city has never had any trouble before in getting where
they needed to be when the street was blocked.
“We assign patrols on both sides of town and have
never had any problem with the tracks blocking Main
Street,” he said.
Fire Chief Ronnie Gentry feels it is very possible a train
would be blocking Main Street when the fire department
was needed.
“In that case, though we would use either Stacy or
Bethany Roads, depending on what end of town the fire
was on.
“However, the railroad has guidelines on how long they
can block a street. Sometimes problems arise and if we
know there will be a delay, we will put an engine on the
east side of town,” Gentry added.
It was not meant to be that way I’m sure, but it was almost unfor-
tunate that when I was bom, my parents gave me a first name that
begins with a “J” and a middle name beginning with “R.”
Of course my parents had no idea at the time that many years later a
TV villain would become the man “people love to hate.”
During my childhood, playmates and even a few adult friends at-
tempted to call me “J.R.” but for some reason even I don’t know, I
detested the title and because of my protests, it never stuck.
I have always been grateful for that and now that the popular TV
show Dallas has a disdainful character known worldwide as “J.R.” I’m
even more thankful people call me by my first name.
People will remember only a villain when they hear the name “J.R.”
in the future, and despite what a couple of Lucas area residents think,
(Ref. letters in last 2 issues of The Amewrican) I’m not that type of
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This picture series, “It’s a
job...” runs each Monday in The
American showing people at
work in Allen, doing their job
and going about their business
on a day-to-day basis. If you
have a nominee for this feature
call 727-3352.
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sons who don’t like the way they
look in such outfits.
It’s at this time of year, report
our Consumer Protection and An-
titrust Division attorneys, that
many individuals consider joining
a health spa or club. And, while
the good ones, equipped with the
most modem exercise equipment;
sauna, steam and whirlpool
baths; and knowledgeable in-
structors, can make exercise more
pleasant, there are others from
which consumers benefit not at
all.
Our complaint files show that
some consumers are very
dissatisfied with the return on
their health spa investment.
Some consumers have com-
plained they were sold member-
ships in health spas that were still
in the construction or planning
stage and which never opened.
We also have numerous com-
plaints about spas that have gone
out of business without honoring
existing long-term contracts and
without offering refunds.
Our lawyers urge every in-
dividual who is thinking of join-
ing a health spa to check on its
reputation carefully.
Keep the following in mind
when you are evaluating a health
spa.
- Watch out for high-pressure
sales pitches, attempts to make
you feel “cheap” if you object to
the price, or emotional appeals
(“You want to be around to see
your kids grow up, don’t you?
Then let us help you lose that
weight.”)
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I forget which we are supposed
to be caught up in right now. It’s
either inflation or recession. But
whichever might be your personal
choice, it has placed the higher
education of recent high school
graduates in doubt.
The athletic, academic and in-
stitutional scholarships will con-
tinue, of course, but there will be
many who had planned on going
to college not enrolling come
September.
For those who won’t make it,
this isn’t the end of the road, or
more significantly, the end of the
opportunity for a fruitful career.
The most important thing is do-
ing something you want to do and
doing it the best you know how.
While a college education certain-
ly doesn’t impede a career, it also
doesn’t guarantee a successful
one. There is still the matter of
desire and application.
John Chancellor of the NBC
Nightly News, for instance,
wanted so badly to be a newsman
that he made it to the top despite
having been a ninth grade
dropout.
The finest example that I can
cite for overcoming the lack of a
formal education was a man nam-
ed Charlie Watson.
Watson was born in the san-
dhills of Alabama. When he was
nine and in the third grade, his
family moved to Dallas. Watson
never saw the inside of another
classroom.
In 1906 Watson passed the civil
service examination and became a
substitute letter carrier. That job
was a bit different in those days
to what the fellows know today. A
sub carrier or clerk carried or cas-
ed mail six days per week, then on
Sunday washed those filthy mail
sacks that folks had been throw-
ing off trains and trucks for a
year or so.
Watson carried mail and wash-
ed sacks the best he knew how.
Soon he was a regular carrier with
a permanent route. By 1920 he
was a supervisor. All during this
time Watson read voraciously.
Every weekly and monthly
magazine he could afford was
subscribed to. The bible of the
post office, Postal Laws and
Regulations, was virtually
memorized. Watson soon knew
more about the post office than
Benjamin Franklin who invented
it.
When Franklin Roosevelt was
elected president, he named his
national campaign manager to be
Postmaster General. Big Jim
Farley knew how to be president
of Coca Cola. He knew how to be a
millionaire. He knew how to get
someone elected president of the
United States. What he didn’t
know was anything about the
post office.
The First Assistant Postmaster
General just happened to be a
native Dallasite, John Phelp.
When Farley asked Phelp who
might be a good person to write
the many post office oriented
speeches the Postmaster General
was called upon to deliver each
year, Charlie Watson was the
recommendation.
Watson eventually became
Postal Cashier in Dallas, the top
finance job in one of the nation’s
largest post offices. He was the
type executive who would, on his
own time, sit at a service window
in the main post office when
postal payday came on a Satur-
day so that employees would have
a place to cash their checks with
the banks closed.
Charlie Watson was still on the
job when he died in 1948. Without
permission from Washington, all
Dallas post office buildings closed
at noon the day of his funeral so
employees could pay respects.
And that, recent high school
graduates, is just how successful
you can be with a third grade
education. Provided you are will-
ing to work to overcome being
dealt a bad hand.
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Many folks have called or stop by our office to ask how Carl Gilliland
is doing.
Carl, as most of you know, was involved in a tragic auto accident
August 2. His fine son, Carl Jr., was killed in the crash and Carl
himself received serious injuries.
Under the circumstances, Carl is doing well. He suffered several
broken bones, many heavy cuts and bruises and internal injuries. He
still faces surgery.
But Carl is going to make it. This scribe visited him at Presbyterian
Hospital and learned he is making progress daily.
He has hundreds of friends who will be pulling for him.
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Camper, Buddy. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, August 11, 1980, newspaper, August 11, 1980; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1423072/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.